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USECH Regulations 2000 CLASS Regulations 2013

The document compares regulations for handling chemicals hazardous to health from 2000 (USECH Regulations) and 2013 (CLASS Regulations). The USECH Regulations focused on employer duties to assess risks, control exposure, and provide protective equipment. The CLASS Regulations introduced additional requirements for repackaging, sealing, and labeling of hazardous chemicals, as well as providing safety data sheets and maintaining an inventory of hazardous chemicals. Both sets of regulations aimed to protect worker health by controlling exposure to hazardous chemicals.

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USECH Regulations 2000 CLASS Regulations 2013

The document compares regulations for handling chemicals hazardous to health from 2000 (USECH Regulations) and 2013 (CLASS Regulations). The USECH Regulations focused on employer duties to assess risks, control exposure, and provide protective equipment. The CLASS Regulations introduced additional requirements for repackaging, sealing, and labeling of hazardous chemicals, as well as providing safety data sheets and maintaining an inventory of hazardous chemicals. Both sets of regulations aimed to protect worker health by controlling exposure to hazardous chemicals.

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USECH Regulations 2000 CLASS Regulations 2013

 Section 4 Duty of employer and self-  Section 6 Repackaging requirement of


employed person. hazardous chemical
 Section 5 Register of chemicals
hazardous to health  Section 7 Seal of packaging
 Section 6 Ceiling limit
 Section 7 Eight-hour time –weighted  Section 8 Duty to label packaging of
average hazardous chemical
 Section 8 Compliance with permissible
exposure limit using respirator  Section 9 Requirement for hazard
 Section 9 Assessment of risk to health pictogram
 Section 10 Review assessment
 Section 11 Assessment to be carried out  Section 10 Rules of precedence for
by assessor hazard pictograms and hazard
 Section 12 Assessment of risk to health statements on label
 Section 13 Assessment report
 Section 14 Action to control exposure  Section 11 Dimensions of label
 Section 15 Control measures
 Section 16 Use of approved personal  Section 12 Affixing and tagging of
protective equipment label
 Section 17 Engineering control
equipment  Section 13 Duty to furnish Safety Data
 Section 18 Design, construction and Sheet
commissioning of local exhaust
ventilation equipment.  Section 14 Inventory of hazardous
 Section 19 Record of engineering chemicals
control equipment.
 Section 20 Duty of employer to ensure  Section 15 Confidential business
relabelling. information on hazardous chemical
 Section 21 Relabelling
 Section 22 Information, instruction and
training
 Section 23 Information,instruction and
supervision of person.
 Section 24 Chemical Safety Data Sheet
 Section 25 Provision of Chemical
Safety Data Sheet in a place of work.
 Section 26 Monitoring of exposure
 Section 27 Health surveillance
programme
 Section 28 Medical removal protection
 Section 29 Warning sign
 Section 30 Retention of records by
employer

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